| Alan Turing's Automatic Computing Engine: Proceedings of Ace 2000 Contributor(s): Copeland, B. Jack (Author) |
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ISBN: 1852335289 ISBN-13: 9781852335281 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $122.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | History - Computers | Computer Science |
| Dewey: 004 |
| LCCN: 2003058514 |
| Series: Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, |
| Physical Information: 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: During World War II Alan Turing's work on Colossus enabled the Allies to crack German ciphers. After the war he worked on the ACE, or automatic computing engine. This volume traces the genesis and development of ACE and examines how it became the forerunner of the modern computer. |